Lara, Drucker, Covington Pace Black Team In Oregon State Wrestling’s Intrasquad

(CORVALLIS, Oregon) - Jason Lara, Colby Covington and Garrett Drucker each earned technical falls to pace the Black Team to a 37-3 victory over the Orange Team in the Oregon State Wrestling’s Intrasquad meet Saturday night at legendary Gill Coliseum.

“We had a good night,” head coach Jim Zalesky said. “I saw a lot of good things, but also things we need to work on before we visit Boise State next week.”

Clayton Jack added a fall over Tyler Sherman in the heavyweight class to cap off the night, which saw the Black Team nearly shut out the Orange squad. Only Alex Elder’s 11-4 decision over John Tuck prevented that from happening.

Lara began the meet with a 20-3 technical fall over Pat Rollins, earning five points for the Black Team. Two weight classes later, and after a 13-3 major decision by Kelly Kubec, Drucker added four more points to put the Black Team up, 13-0. He defeated Kyle Christiansen, 24-7, to post the technical fall.

Scott Sakaguchi earned a major decision over Nick Schlager, 9-1, at 149 pounds to move the score to 17-0, then watched as Elder defeated Tuck to post Orange’s only points of the night.

Jon Brascetta picked up a 20-6 major decision victory over Anthony Peressini in the 165-pound class to make it 21-3, giving way for Covington’s technical fall over Cody Weishoff at 174 pounds. Covington, the reigning Pacific-10 Conference champion at 174 pounds, was victorious, 26-10.

With three weight classes remaining and the Black Team up 25-3, Brice Arand took to the mat and earned a decision over Taylor Johnson, 5-1. He was followed by Mak Jones, who also picked up a decision with a 6-0 victory over newcomer Lucas Mondragon, putting the score at 31-3.

Jack ended the night with the meet’s only fall, early on in the first period. That put the final score at 37-3.

The intrasquad marked the first workout of the season for the Beavers at Gill Coliseum, who officially open their 2010-11 campaign next Saturday, Nov. 13, at No. 2 Boise State. The 22nd-ranked Beavers will squad off with the Broncos at 8 p.m. PT (9 p.m. in Boise).
125 Pounds – Jason Lara (BLK) technical fall over Pat Rollins (ORA), 20-3 5 0
133 Pounds – Kelly Kubec (BLK) major decision over Jacob Lauderdale (ORA), 13-3 9 0
141 Pounds – Garrett Drucker (BLK) technical fall over Kyle Christiansen (ORA), 24-7 13 0
149 Pounds – Scott Sakaguchi (BLK) major decision over Nick Schlager (ORA), 9-1 17 0
157 Pounds – Alex Elder (ORA) decision over John Tuck (BLK), 11-4 17 3
165 Pounds – Jon Brascetta (BLK) major decision over Anthony Peressini (ORA), 20-6 21 3
174 Pounds – Colby Covington (BLK) technical fall over Cody Weishoff (ORA), 26-10 25 3
184 Pounds – Brice Arand (BLK) decision over Taylor Johnson (ORA), 5-1 28 3
197 Pounds – Mak Jones (BLK) decision over Lucas Mondragon (ORA), 6-0 31 3
Heavyweight – Clayton Jack (BLA) fall over Tyler Sherman (ORA), 1:19 37 3

Source: Oregon State Athletics